Nikah or Nothing !

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Bereaved Parents

Anas (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “Any Muslim who loses three children before they reach the age of maturity, will be granted Jannah by Allah, the Exalted, out of His Mercy for them.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

With Beloved......

Brothers,my peace is in my aloneness.

My beloved is alone with me there, always.

I have found nothing in all worlds

That could match His love,

This love that harrows the sand of my desert.

If I come to die of desire

And my beloved is still not satisfied,

I would live in eternal despair,

To abandon all that He has fashioned

And hold in the palm of my hand

Certain proof that He loves me-

That is the name and goal of my search.

Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya

What You Yearn For ??

After the demise of the renowned saint, Hadhart Ibrahim Adham (rahmatullah alayhi) another saint saw him in a dream and on enquiring about his (Ibrahims rahmatullah alayhi-) condition, Hadhrat Ibrahim Adham (rahmatullah alayhi) replied: Alhamdulillah! Allah bestowed His grace one me and conferred ranks to me. However, a poor neighbour of mine surpassed me on account of his yearning that if he had the time he would have devoted himself to Thikrullah.

Taken From Malfoozat

Spread Knowledge

Reported by Ibn Mas’ud (RA): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying, “May Allah freshen the affairs of a person who hears something from us and communicates it to others exactly as he has heard it (i.e. both the meaning and the words). Many a recepient of knowledge understands it better than the one who has heard it.”
[At-Tirmidhi]

Hold back....Your notion about others

The talks and terminology of the Auliya cannot be comprehended without staying in their company. In Delhi there was a buzroog (a saint) who was heard saying: I am not your servant and you are not my god. Why then should I obey you? On hearing this expression, the people proclaimed the verdict of kufr against the buzroog. He was apprehended and brought to the Qaadhi who asked: Hahdrat ! To whom were you speaking?Smiling the buzroog commented: Alhamdulillah!

In Delhi at least there is one intelligent man, hence he has asked me for an explanation. My nafs is demanding that I feel it a certain delicacy. In answer to its demand I was saying: I am not your servant and you are not my god. Why then, should I obey you?

Taken from Malfoozat

Nikah or Nothing !!

Following is the campaign started by brother Fusus Al Hikam on Sunniforum  to save the Youth from falling into error.I feel to share it here to spread more awareness.May Allah Ta'ala accept it and make it a source for moral upliftment of youth Ameen !

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Have a Speedy Recovery Ameen!

This post is dedicated to my Beloved Hazrat Arif Billah Hazrat Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahab Damat Barakatuhm who is recovering from ill health Alhumdulillah.Please make Duaa for Hazratwala's complete shifa.

May Allah Ta'ala grant my Hazrat sehat and keep us under the shade of Hazrat for a long time to come Ameen!

Empty the Heart for Allah !

If a dish already contains something, then to put something else in, the dish needs to be emptied. 

Similarly if the heart contains love for that which is ghayrullaah then the heart needs to be emptied of it before the love of Allah subhaanahu wata'ala will enter.

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Make Your Love Meaningful !!

Its been more than one year looking for the answer of the question, how can I love someone for Allah's sake when I have that natural love for him or her.How can I channelize my love for someone to gain pleasure of Allah Ta'ala instead of satisfying my own feelings.Alhumdulillah my quest ended reading this post and I got a new vision to love others that is more meaningful than loving in natural way.

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Dot to Darkness

Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "O Aishah, abstain from the sins which are looked upon as trivial, for they too will be inquired about by Allah." [Musnad Ahmad, Nasa'i]

Sins are termed as major or minor essentially because of their gravity in terms of their effects on individuals and society. Thus, some sins are considered most heinous and incur divine wrath. Among such sins are: shirk (associating partners with Allah), displeasing one’s parents, murder, bearing false testimony, adultery, fornication, practicing black magic, devouring riba (interest), stealing from an orphan’s wealth, etc.

Minor sins, on the other hand, are minor in so far as the punishment for a single act of one of these is not as severe as for a major sin. Nevertheless, all sins require tawbah (sincere repentance).

Sincere repentance involves four steps:

The first is for a person to be deeply remorseful of the sin;

Secondly, to refrain from it and all of the circumstances that led to it; thirdly, to make a firm resolution never to do it again;

And finally, to follow it up by whatever good deeds one can possibly do.

Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) says in the Quran, “Verily good deeds wipe out bad deeds.” [Hud: 114]

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) further explained this by saying: “Allah does not wipe out bad deeds through bad deeds; rather He blots them out through good deeds.”

To repent, one must quit sinful behaviour and also cut oneself off totally and entirely from all associations or circumstances that led him/her to such sins. He/she cannot hope to change for the better without such serious measures. If, instead, one persists in the sin, he/she will end up losing the purity of their heart, their moral conscience.

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) warned us against the pervasive effects of sins on our souls. He said that when a person commits a sin, it falls like a black dot on the clean slate of his heart. If he repents, the dot is erased. If, however, he persists in the same and continues to sin, the dot continues to expand until it covers his entire heart, in which case his spiritual soul becomes completely sealed off. As a result, he fails to recognize good as good and evil as evil.

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said that this is what Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has warned us against in the Quran: “Nay, their hearts have been sealed by the sins they have accumulated.” [Al-Mutaffifeen: 14]

Abdullah bin Mas'ud (radi Allahu anhu) reported Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) as saying: "Beware of minor sins, for they will gather together on man so much so that they will kill him. [Musnad Ahmad]

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Taqwa Defined......

Reported by Wabisah bin Ma`bad (RA): I went to Messenger of Allah (peace be upon Him) and He asked me, “Have you come to inquire about piety?” I replied in the affirmative. Then He said, “Ask your heart regarding it. Piety is that which contents the soul and comforts the heart, and sin is that which causes doubts and perturbs the heart, even if people pronounce it lawful and give you verdicts on such matters again and again.”
[Ahmad and Ad-Darmi]

From Where to Where

A person who was taken aback by the honour given to Luqman (alaihis salaam) once approached him and asked: “Are you the very same Luqman who was a slave of the Banu Has-haas tribe?” Luqman (alaihis salaam) replied: “Yes!” The man then asked: “Are you the very same person who used to herd sheep?” Luqman (alalais salaam) replied: “Yes!” The person asked yet again: “Are you the very same person with a dark complexion?” Luqman (alaihis salaam) replied: “My dark complexion is quite visible and clear to one and all, but what is it that really astonishes you regarding me?” The man replied: “I am astonished that people flock to your gathering and eagerly accept your advice.” Luqman (alaihis salaam) then advised him saying: “Young man! You can also receive this very same rank and honour provided you adhere to the following aspects:

1. Lower your gaze

2. Control your tongue

3. Eat that which is pure and halaal

4. Guard your private parts

5. Adhere to the truth

6. Fulfill your trusts

7. Honour your guests

8. Take care of your neighbours

9. Stay away from what does not concern you

These are the qualities that elevated me to the position that you see me enjoying.” (Tafseer Ibnu Katheer vol 3 pg 459)

Lesson: The above incident highlights the fact that one does not become honourable and respectable on the basis of his lineage or skin colour. Instead it is the qualities in a person that elevate him.

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Closer to Allah.......

The reviver of Sunna Shaikh Mawlana Abrarul Haqq (Allah have mercy on him) said,

‘The tahajjud salah in itself has the property to make an individual righteous, pious and a friend (wali) of Allah.’

‘There are some medicines that have the property of working both at preventing the disease (prophylaxis) and eradicating it (treatment). Similar is the case of tahajjud. It  eradicates the sinful deeds and nurtures the resistance for indulgence in sinful.’

Ma’arif al Abrar ra, page 238

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The Thirsty Ones....

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Whose Scale is Heavier???

Reported by Abud-Darda (RA): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Nothing will be heavier on the Day of Resurrection in the Scale of the believer than good manners. Allah hates one who utters foul or coarse language.”
[Tirmidhi]

Eid Mubarak!

Wish you all a blessed Eid !

The night of Eid

Let us not forget the great virtue of spending the night before Eid in worship! Hadhrat Aisha (Radhiallahu Anha) reports that Rasullullah (salallahu alaihi wasalam) said, “Whoever stays awake and performs ibaadah on the two nights proceeding the two Eids, with hope for abundant reward from Allah, his heart will not die on the day when all hearts will be dead” (i.e. the day of Qiyamah) (Ibn Majah).

Subhan’Allah! Such a great virtue yet so few manage to carry it out. Let us be from amongst the blessed few. Surely, if we just made an intention to make a bit of extra worship on this night Allah will be most appreciative of our efforts and exertions. Remember the more good deeds we perform the better it will be for us all in the hereafter, when every good deed will appear weighty in the scale of deeds!

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Thorn......A Bounty in Disguise

Why should I grieve because of a thorn?
    Once it made laughter known to me.
   Whatever you lost through the stroke of destiny,
   know it was to save you from adversity.
   One small affliction off greater afflictions;
   one small loss prevents greater loses.

 Hazrat Maulana Rumi (Rahmatullah Alaihy)

Ways to Allah

Hazat Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar sahab (Damat Barakatuhm) says...a pious saint used to pray to Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala to make him such that he doesn't commit any sin at all... after some time, he got a reply from Allah Subhana w a ta'ala "why do you want to have only one door to reach Me when I am giving you two!!"...the one door was the door of not committing sin...the other door was that of repenting after committing a sin, with a resolution never to repeat..

Knoweldge is light

"All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry"

- Imam Shafiee Rahimahullah

Inculcate Mutual Love

Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “You will not enter Paradise until you bring Imaan; and you cannot acquire perfect Imaan until you possess mutual love. Should I not show you a method whereby you will inculcate among yourselves mutual love? Make salaam a common practice amongst yourselves (at the time of meeting each other).

Don't let the door open

The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllahu 'alyhi wasallam) said: “The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allaah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive to do that which will benefit you and seek the help of Allaah, and do not feel helpless. If anything befalls you, do not say ‘If only I had done (such and such), the such and such would have happened,’ rather say: 
قَدَّرَ اللهُ وَما شـاءَ فَعَـل
‘Allaah has decreed and what He wills He does,’ for ‘if only’ opens the door to the work of the shaytaan.”

[ Ahmad]

Power of Love

Bitter is made sweet through love;

    copper becomes gold through love.

    Through love dregs become clear;

    love heals all pain.

   Through love the king becomes slave;

    love brings the dead to life.

 [Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi Rahmatullah Alaihy]

Wealthiest Person ??

The wealthiest person is the one who has abundance of taqwa. 

[Dhunnun al Misri]

Compassion to Creature

Sahl ibn Al-Hanzala reported: The Messenger of Allah, sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, passed by a camel whose back had fallen to its stomach.

He, sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said, “Fear Allah concerning your animals. Ride them while they are in good condition and eat them while they are in good condition.”

[Sunan Abu Dawud]

Never Give up !

Despite having adverse conditons in life,with faith in Allah Ta'ala and with courage one can take positivity out of negativity and  come out of darkness to light and reach to desired objective  in life.Story below depicts the same.

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

 Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and begin to shovel dirt into the well.

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw.

With every shovel of dirt that fell on his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and totted off!

Moral -- Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is to not to get bogged down by it.

We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping. And by never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!

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Believer....A Fresh Tender Plant

Narrated Abu Huraira (radiyAllaahu 'anhu) that Allah's Apostle (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said,

"The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant; from whatever direction the wind comes, it bends it, but when the wind becomes quiet, it becomes straight again. Similarly, a believer is afflicted with calamities (but he remains patient till Allah removes his difficulties.) And an impious wicked person is like a pine tree which keeps hard and straight till Allah cuts (breaks) it down when He wishes." (See Hadith No. 558, Vol. 9.)

[Bukhari]

Eid Mubarak !

Eid Mubarak!

May Allah Ta'ala accept good from us and from you Ameen !

Ramzan Mubarak!

Ramzan Mubarak !

May Allah Ta'la give us the taweeq to make the aihteram of Ramzan and reap the benefit Ameen!

Ya Ilahi

Ilaahi dil mein mere ghair ka asar na rahe

Siwa-e Tere kisi par meri nazar na rahe

Tu kar be-khabar saari khabron se mujh ko

Ilahi rahoon eik khabardar tera.

Oh Allah, let not any stranger have an effect on my heart

Let my gaze not fall upon anything besides you

Let me become unaware of everything around me

Let me be fully aware of you alone.

Safr-e-Hayat

True believer

Anas (رضى الله عنه) narrated: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,

“No one truly believes until he loves for the people what he loves for himself.”

[Musnad Imam Ahmad]

Dust the bed

The Prophet SallAllaahu 'Alayhi Wa Sallam said: "... When one of you goes to bed, let him dust the bed because he does not know what comes into it before or after him."

[Bukhari; Muslim]

Those at loss in middle night of Sha'ban

Our master Prophet Muhammad, (Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said,

“This is the middle Night of Sha’ban. Allah frees in it a large number of the people from (Hell) Fire, more than the number of the hairs growing on the sheep of the tribe, Kalb. But He does not even look at an individual who

- associates partners with Allah, or

- who nourishes malice in his heart (against someone), or

- who cuts off the ties of kinship (qata’ rehmi), or

- who leaves his clothes extending beyond his ankles (as a sign of pride), or

- who disobeys his parents, or

- who has a habit of drinking wine.”

Allah save us from being among these individuals. Amin!

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Talabgar

Duniya mein hu, duniya ka talabgar nahi hu

Bazaar se guzra hu, khareedar nahi hu

-khwaja Azizul Hassan Majzoob RA

I live in the world but i do not cherish it

I walked through the marketplace, but I am not a buyer

Beware of Hardness

Beware of hardness, which is for the heart to become so coarse and callous that it is no longer affected by counselling, and neither softens nor is sensitive to the mention of death, of promises and threats, or of the events of the hereafter. Our predecessors have said, "four things are signs of wretchedness: hardness of the heart, dryness of the eye, avarice, and long hopes." So beware of these four. [ Imam al Haddad]

Patience and perseverance

When you are hurt by the people who share blood relations with you, recall Yusuf [alayhi salaam] who was also betrayed by his brothers.

When you find your parents opposing you (in deen) recall Ibraheem [alayhi salaam] who was made to jump into a blazing fire by his father.

When you are mocked and abused by your own relatives just because you adopted deenover duniya, recall Rasul Allah [sallalhu... alaihi wa sallam] who faced the same.

When you are stuck into some problem and find no way out recall Yunus [alayhi salaam] who was stuck inside the belly of a whale.

When you fall ill and your whole body cries with pain, recall Ayoob [alayhi salaam] who was more ill than you.

Wh en someone slanders you, recall Ay'esha [radiallahu anha] who was also slandered throughout the city.

When you feel lonely recall how Adam [alayhi salaam] felt when he was created alone at first.

When you can't see any logic in what's going on and your heart asks why this is happening, recall Nooh [alayhi salaam] who built the biggest ship without questioning.

Subhan Allah! Allah put all those great personalities in trial so that the generations to follow may learn a lesson in patience and perseverance. May Allah swt include us among His patient and grateful servants. Ameen!


Lesson of the Day

Wastage of Time

‘Wasting time in the hobby of reading newspaper & unimportant books, attending ceremonious gatherings,  or participating in useless entertainments results in failure to accomplish the essential things to be done. This (eventually) creates commotion and anxiety in one’s mind.’


Arif billah Dr. Abdul Hayy Arifi (Allah have mercy on him) 

Servitude and pride

“Minnat maneh ke khidmat sultan hamey kuni
Minnat shanaas ke tura ba-khidmat guzashtan”

Translation:
Do not feel as though you are doing some big favour to the king by serving him
It is a favour of the King that he has allowed you to serve him

It does not go to your credit, if you have done countless good deeds in the form of worship, service to Deen, compilation of books, delivering speeches, writing Fatawa (Religious Rulings) etc. You should be thankful to Allah that He enabled you to do these good deeds.
You should pray to Allah to accept the good deeds you do. These deeds are absolutely not a reason to be proud and boastful. There is a proverb in the Arabic language:

sallal ha’iku rakatayni wantadharal wahi

That is to say, that once a weaver offered two Rak’ats of prayer and remained waiting for Wahi (revelation) to descend upon him, as if he had performed a great religious act that he is now deserving of Wahi. This is the behaviour of an ignorant person. A truly devoted servant of Allah works in the path of Allah to the best of his ability and at the same time remains afraid that his service may or may not be worthy of Allah’s acceptance. He should always be praying to Allah to accept his humble services.

Source: Safr-e-Hayat

Power is for Allah

Show Gratitude to People

Abu Hurairah radiyAllaahu 'anhu reported: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

“He has not thanked Allah who has not thanked people.”

[Sunan Abu Dawud]

Alhumdulillah !!

My Allah

I praise You,

and You are worthy of praise

for Your benefaction toward me,

the lavishness of Your Favours toward me,

and Your plentiful bestowal upon me,

and for showing bounty towards me through Your Mercy

and lavishing Your Favour upon me.

You hast done well towards me

and I am incapable of thanking You.

Imam Zainul Abideen